Text messages released to ABC News through a public records request provide new insight about what local officials were ...

The exchange of messages reveals how authorities initially assessed and activated the lowest level of emergency management to ...

President Trump signed an executive order that looks to federal forest management following the devastating Los Angeles ...

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley’s appeal of her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass will go before the ...

The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) oversees various permits for construction projects. Depending on ...

A Pacific Palisades youth baseball league has found a temporary home and, with lots of help, is reviving a sense of ...

As climate change causes more frequent disasters, more mortgages are at risk of going underwater. How can banks limit their ...

Paul Audley with FilmLA fears the loss of 13,000 homes in January’s wildfires will make LA less affordable for below-the-line workers.

Host Conan O’Brien brought a rare gravity to his opening monologue — and then, the city's firefighters onto the stage to read ...

A photojournalist was on the ground in Southern California in January to capture the fires’ devastation. Times Insider ...

Former Sacramento firefighter and current Pasadena Fire Chief Chad Augustin took the stage as the Oscars honored those who ...

Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina amid dry conditions and gusty winds as residents were forced to evacuate ...